EP4058972A4 - Antenna and glide path array for small footprint aircraft precision approach and landing system - Google Patents

Antenna and glide path array for small footprint aircraft precision approach and landing system

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Publication number
EP4058972A4
EP4058972A4 EP20887125.1A EP20887125A EP4058972A4 EP 4058972 A4 EP4058972 A4 EP 4058972A4 EP 20887125 A EP20887125 A EP 20887125A EP 4058972 A4 EP4058972 A4 EP 4058972A4
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Prior art keywords
antenna
small footprint
glide path
landing system
path array
Prior art date
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Application number
EP20887125.1A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP4058972A1 (en
Inventor
Massimiliano Ferla
David Carsenat
Andrea Cucurachi
Nathan Deloffre
Paolo Lunardi
André Schüttpelz
Stephen Rowson
Francesco Torriano
Michael Theobald
Kevin Mcgahee
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Thales USA Inc
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Thales USA Inc
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Publication of EP4058972A1 publication Critical patent/EP4058972A1/en
Publication of EP4058972A4 publication Critical patent/EP4058972A4/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/91—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for traffic control
    • G01S13/913—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for traffic control for landing purposes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/1242—Rigid masts specially adapted for supporting an aerial
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S1/00—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith
    • G01S1/02—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith using radio waves
    • G01S1/08—Systems for determining direction or position line
    • G01S1/14—Systems for determining direction or position line using amplitude comparison of signals transmitted simultaneously from antennas or antenna systems having differently oriented overlapping directivity-characteristics
    • G01S1/18—Elevational guidance systems, e.g. system for defining aircraft glide path
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/02—Systems using reflection of radio waves, e.g. primary radar systems; Analogous systems
    • G01S13/06—Systems determining position data of a target
    • G01S13/08—Systems for measuring distance only
    • G01S13/32—Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
    • G06Q50/40—
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/06—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart
    • H01Q21/08—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q11/00—Electrically-long antennas having dimensions more than twice the shortest operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q11/02—Non-resonant antennas, e.g. travelling-wave antenna
    • H01Q11/10—Logperiodic antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q13/00—Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
    • H01Q13/08—Radiating ends of two-conductor microwave transmission lines, e.g. of coaxial lines, of microstrip lines
    • H01Q13/085—Slot-line radiating ends
EP20887125.1A 2019-11-15 2020-11-13 Antenna and glide path array for small footprint aircraft precision approach and landing system Pending EP4058972A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US201962936065P 2019-11-15 2019-11-15
US202063037895P 2020-06-11 2020-06-11
PCT/US2020/060453 WO2021097238A1 (en) 2019-11-15 2020-11-13 Antenna and glide path array for small footprint aircraft precision approach and landing system

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EP4058972A1 EP4058972A1 (en) 2022-09-21
EP4058972A4 true EP4058972A4 (en) 2024-01-17

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EP (1) EP4058972A4 (en)
KR (1) KR102643549B1 (en)
CN (1) CN115315719A (en)
AU (1) AU2020381501B2 (en)
BR (1) BR112022009451A2 (en)
CA (1) CA3161719A1 (en)
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WO (1) WO2021097238A1 (en)

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AU2020381501B2 (en) 2023-11-02
EP4058972A1 (en) 2022-09-21
WO2021097238A1 (en) 2021-05-20
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